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James McNeill Whistler

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Etching of a man in a top hat reclining on grass with a walking stick, with a sketched landscape behind him.

Greenwich Pensioner

1859

Etching of a farmstead with two grazing horses, a fence, trees and hatched clouds over a field.

Landscape with the Horse (Landscape with Horses)

1859

Pen and ink sketch of a row of old buildings with chimneys, a horse and cart, and people walking on a dirt road.

The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea

1872/73

Etching of a riverside wharf with moored boats, masts, workers and a brick Thames Police building on the right.

Thames Police (Wapping Wharf)

1859

Etching of a man leaning by a barrel in a timber shed, with ladders and a bright doorway opening onto distant figures.

The Lime-Burner (W. Jones, Lime-Burner, Thames Street)

1859

Etching of a seated man in a cap holding a cello, with loose hatched lines and an open background.

Becquet (J. Becquet, Sculptor)

1859

Etching of a Murano glass furnace scene with a shuttered building, a domed furnace at center, and small figures in a sketchy

Murano - Glass Furnace

1879/80

Etching of a river bank with a swan, an iris flower and leaves in the foreground, and poplar trees across the water.

Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

1882

Etching of a river harbor with sailing ships, rowing boats, a cargo barge, and riverside buildings under a hatched sky.

Little Wapping (The Little Rotherhithe)

1861

Etching of a greengrocer's shop interior with shelves of produce, baskets in front, and a standing figure by the door.

Little Greengrocer's Shop, Chelsea

1886

Etching of a misty river with sailing boats, a wooden pier, and factory chimneys along the distant shore.

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

probably 1863

Etching of the Old Hungerford Bridge over a busy river with sailing barges, rowing boats, and a distant city skyline.

Old Hungerford Bridge

1861

Etching of a London street with shopfronts, numbered house facades and small pedestrian figures on the pavement.

York Street, Westminster

1888

Etching of a cluttered shop interior with hanging cloth, a dark central doorway, and small figures in the foreground.

Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea

1887

Etching of a river landscape with trees and a rowboat, and a woman in a hat sketching in the foreground.

Sketching, No. 1

1861

Etching of a barber shop storefront with a Shaving and Shampooing sign, women and a small boy standing outside.

Shaving and Shampooing

1888

Etching of a Chelsea street with a shopfront, iron railings, a standing woman and several children on the pavement.

Justice Walk, Chelsea

1888

Etching of a standing woman, a small child and a seated girl in a room with a paned window and dark curtain.

Petticoat Lane

1887

Etching of a crowded city street under heavy arches, with a boy in the foreground and pedestrians near shop fronts.

Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 2

1887

Etching of a nut shop street scene with a market counter, figures, children, and ship masts above the rooftops.

Nut Shop, St James's Place, Houndsditch

1887

Etching of a shop interior with women and a child beside hanging clothes and wooden beams.

After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch

1887

Etching of a young girl with long hair in a long dress, standing beside a hoop with its shadow on the ground.

Florence Leyland

[1873]

Etched sketch of a nude female figure leaning forward with lowered head, set against loose vertical hatching.

Tillie: a Model (Tillie Gilchrist)

1873

Etching of a young girl in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled dress, with two small children sketched beside her.

The Little Nurse, Grays Inn

1887

Etching of a sailing barge on a river beside factory sheds and smokestacks, with a bridge in the distance.

Price's Candle-Works (Price's Candle Factory)

1876-77

Etching of a harbor with masted ships, warehouses and a wooden pier, with a rowboat crossing the water in the foreground.

Free Trade Wharf

1877

Etching of sailing ships, masts and rowboats in a busy riverside harbor with wooden pilings and a hazy city beyond.

A Sketch from Billingsgate (From Billingsgate)

1878

Pen sketch of a columned double doorway with a pediment, small figures in the doorway and a seated group at right.

Double Doorway, Sandwich

1887

Etched bust portrait of a man with tousled hair and a pale streak, set against diagonal hatched shading.

Whistler with the White Lock

1879

Etching of a butcher's shop window with figures inside, a doorway, street facades, and pedestrians on the right.

Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent

1887

Etching of a harbor with masts and rigging above, two wooden pilings, a small boat, and two figures on the quay.

The Tiny Pool

[1879]

Etching of a wide field with a rider on a bucking horse, small figures, a wooden structure, and distant hills.

The Bucking Horse, Wild West

1887

Etching of a timber bridge over a river with a church tower and trees on the right bank.

The Little Putney, No. 1 (Little Putney Bridge)

1879

Etching of a calm river with a dark sailing boat, a jetty and a house on the right bank, and trees on the far shore.

Little Putney, No. 2 (The Little Putney)

1879

Etching of a harbor with industrial sheds, smokestacks, a dense row of masts, and a sailing ship reflected in the water.

Dry Docks, Southampton

1887

Etching of a truss bridge over a river with moored boats, bare trees and riverbank buildings, under diagonal lines.

Fulham (Chelsea)

1879

Etching of a seated woman in a fur tippet and feathered hat, drawn with loose hatched lines.

The Fur Tippet: Miss Lenoir

1887

Etching of a nude woman stooping forward with hands on the ground, sketched loosely beside a tree trunk.

Model Stooping

1887/88

Etching of a harbor quay with masted boats, a waterfront building, and two women standing in the foreground.

Fishing Quay, Ostend

1887

Etching of a crowded Venetian piazza with a clock tower, two columns, and birds flying over the rooftops.

The Piazetta (The Piazzetta)

1879-80

Etching of a dark stone archway framed by leafy trees, with figures in hats seated at a table and a woman with a child at lef

The Traghetto, No. 2

1879-80

Etching of a busy Venetian waterfront with figures on the quay, moored sailing boats, a gondola and palazzi.

The Riva, No. 1 (The Riva)

1879-80

Etching of a narrow Venetian street with a tall mast, seated figures in the foreground, and shuttered buildings.

The Mast (The Venetian Mast)

1879-80

Etching of a courtyard with a woman by a stone well, turkeys on the ground, a staircase and building with figures and vines.

Turkeys

1879-80

Sketched lithograph of a woman in a dark fur wrap leaning forward on a tan background, by James McNeill Whistler.

La Belle Dame paresseuse

1894

Etching of a riverside quay with market stalls, awnings, strolling figures and faint buildings above.

Quai de Montebello

1888

Etching of a tree-lined Paris boulevard with two men seated on a bench at right and buildings with awnings behind.

Boulevard Poissonière, Paris

1897

Etching of a shaded garden terrace with stone urns, chairs, seated figures, trees and a palm, by James McNeill Whistler.

Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens

1889/90

Etching of a Venetian quay with strolling figures, stone steps to the water, moored boats and palazzo facades.

The Riva, No. 2

1879-80

Brown etching of a loose street scene with buildings, a central rounded structure and sketched figures.

Glass Furnace: Murano (Murano - Glass Furnace)

1879-80

Etching of woven lobster pots and baskets on a sandy beach with grass tufts and a distant sea horizon.

Lobster Pots (Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill)

[1880-81]

Etching of a city street with tall buildings, balconies, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians.

Alderney Street, from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 1881

[1880-81]

Etching of moored boats and a sailing barge on a river beside a wooden pier, with a town skyline under a hatched sky.

Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

1861

Etching of a swan and iris stems by a river, with trees and a building on the far bank.

Swan and Iris (sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris")

1883

Etching of moored sailing boats with tall masts along a waterfront, with small figures walking on a quay in the foreground.

Little Dordrecht

1885-86

Etching of a fair booth with a dark awning, figures gathered beneath it, and a lone standing figure on the right.

Booth at a Fair

[1884-86]

Etching of a cluttered old-clothes shop interior with hanging garments, a chair, and figures near the doorway.

Old-Clothes Shop, No. 2 (Rag Shop)

[1884-86]

Etching of a shop front with a sign and awning, children and figures walking in the street, drawn in loose hatched lines.

T. A. Nash's Fruit Shop (T. A. Nash's Greengrocer's Shop)

1887

Etching of a furniture shop front with awnings and chairs and cabinets displayed outside, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Furniture Shop

1887

Etching of a street with shopfronts, a barber sign, a street lamp, and figures near a dark archway.

The Barber's (The Barber's Shop, Chelsea)

[1886-95]

Etching of a London street scene with diagonal iron gate bars over loosely sketched figures and buildings.

Gates, City, London

after 1887

Etching of a crowded London street with shopfronts, hanging clothes, a sign reading Abrahams, and pedestrians.

Cutler Street, Houndsditch

[1886-88]

Etching of a narrow Brussels street with tall buildings, a shop window, and small figures of pedestrians and children.

Petite Rue au Beurre, Brussels

1887

Loose etching of a seated mother leaning over a small child, with hatched lines modeling her gown on cream paper.

Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

1880-1903